Psalm 7:15
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15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.(A)
Job 4:8
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8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.(A)
Psalm 141:10
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10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I alone escape.(A)
Ecclesiastes 10:8-9
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8 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.(A)
9 Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them,
and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
Proverbs 26:27
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27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.(A)
Psalm 35:7-8
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7 For without cause they hid their net[a] for me;
without cause they dug a pit[b] for my life.(A)
8 Let ruin come on them unawares,
and let the net that they hid ensnare them;
let them fall in it—to their ruin.(B)
Psalm 57:6
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6 They set a net for my steps;
my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah(A)
Psalm 10:2
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2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)
Psalm 9:15-16
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15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.(A)
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah(B)
Proverbs 5:22
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22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them,
and they are caught in the coils of their sin.(A)
Esther 7:10
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10 So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
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Jeremiah 18:20
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20 Is evil a recompense for good?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.(A)
Psalm 140:9-10
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9 Those who surround me lift up their heads;[a]
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!(A)
10 Let burning coals fall on them!
Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!(B)
Footnotes
- 140.9 Cn: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head
Psalm 119:85
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85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me;
they flout your law.(A)
Psalm 94:13
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13 giving them respite from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Job 6:27
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27 You would even cast lots over the orphan
and bargain over your friend.(A)
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